The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　As a ray of red light shot into the sky, a crack appeared in the heavens, allowing warmth to seep in.

　Dark watered the Insect Tree with magic potion, fed the Cat Grass with cat juice, and finished the breakfast brought by Little Devimon before leaving the tower and heading to Traveler's Street.

　The autumn morning was already a bit chilly, and the streets were sparsely populated with travelers.

　Dak bought a safety fence and some cat toys.

　After thinking it over, I bought a complete set of experimental tools according to the specifications in the laboratory.

　Ordinary experimental tools are not expensive; the expensive parts are the processed parts, such as the mercury glass rod that Professor Thompson used in class.

　In addition, he bought ten blank magic cards worth 10 credits, two blank magic cards worth 50 credits, and some commonly used basic materials, a whole bunch of bottles and jars.

　The credits decreased at a visible rate, until only about 200 credits remained.

　"It's not a long-term solution to keep borrowing from labs; we need to develop our own system."

　Dak nodded in satisfaction and carried the bags back to his dormitory.

　It was only a little past nine o'clock.

　Fortunately, the dormitory is spacious enough to easily create a small corner for experiments.

　Then he took out the costume card he had bought yesterday from his wallet and placed it on the table.

　According to Leon's explanation, you only need to engrave the final micro transmutation circle in the lower right corner of this costume card to activate it.

　Costume change cards are actually a type of item card, a variant of the armor series.

　It completely abandons offensive and defensive enhancements, focusing only on style and design, and at most adding a "size change" function.

　The Kamen Rider costume card made by senior Leon was merely a crude imitation.

　To put it simply, it's cosplay costume!

　Dak quickly completed the final steps and tried it on.

　how to say?

　It's convenient, but the workmanship is actually quite rough.

　In particular, this evening tuxedo mask is no different from a regular tuxedo.

　Since it's for Halloween, you might as well buy a high-end set yourself.

　"No, if my mother knew I was wearing such cheap clothes, she would cry, wouldn't she?"

　So Dak threw the costume card into the drawer, intending to take it apart and examine it when he felt like it.

　……

　Next, Dark chose one of the nine face cards to conduct an experiment.

　The purpose of the experiment was simple: to further verify previous hypotheses.

　The phenomenon caused by just one flower card is not enough to prove that they can all absorb "bliss".

　Therefore, at least multiple experiments are needed to verify this.

　Furthermore, he also wanted to see if he could control the frequency of magic input so that the karuta wouldn't mutate or be damaged after absorbing "Paradise".

　He was mainly inspired by Werther's "forbidden love".

　Since Witt can transform flower cards into magic cards, he can naturally do the same.

　……

　【Paradise: 92】

　Yes, it's 2 points more than at the end of last month.

　Once the major crime index exceeds 100 points, it becomes slightly harder to rise, giving him more leeway.

　Dak didn't pay attention to the extra two points, but instead carefully observed the face cards on the table.

　The exquisite floral plaque is adorned with vibrant red plum blossoms, defying frost and snow, steadfast and unyielding, beautiful and captivating.

　But what kind of evil is hidden beneath this glamorous exterior?

　He prepared himself, and once again used the magic pen as a medium to dot the flower cards, gradually channeling the magic into them.

　Red plum blossoms bloom from the flower arrangement, releasing a refreshing fragrance.

　As the magic continued to flow, they gradually dispersed, revealing an excessively pale and delicate face on the card.

　The heart-shaped scale under the corner of her eye always made her face, which was clearly of the innocent type, appear unusually alluring.

　Dak held his breath and quickly switched his thoughts.

　Pandora's face vanished instantly, replaced by the adorable cat grass.

　"Meow-"

　Cat Grass, who was perched on the bedside table, meowed at just the right moment.

　"Quiet!"

　The little devil on the bird stand raised its paw at the cat grass, a hint of arrogance in its eyes, looking down at the cat grass "bound by the flowerpot", and constantly absorbing a sense of superiority from it.

　Dark remained fully focused on adjusting the output of his magic.

　As the magic continued to be injected, the red plum blossoms on the flower cards suddenly began to behave strangely!

　Dak immediately stopped typing and moved the magic pen away.

　The red plum blossoms trembled violently for a long time before finally stopping.

　Dark then reapplied the magic pen and tried to input a little more magic.

　【Paradise-1】

　With just this small input of magic, the karuta card broke through a certain critical point.

　The red plum blossoms, which had just quieted down, suddenly erupted into a frenzy!

　The bright red petals detached from the calyx, bursting out of the card and transforming into a storm, swirling and howling.

　Dark immediately withdrew.

　The little devil, which had been poised to strike, fired a thick syringe from a single wing, shattering the storm of petals and nailing the red club card to the table.

　……

　Dak did not give up the experiment because of this.

　He collected the remains of the red plum blossom card into a sealed bag and then selected a new flower card.

　"Spring's beauty cannot be confined within the garden walls; a branch of red apricot blossoms peeks over the wall."

　The apricot blossoms, white with a hint of pink, are delicate and lovely, carrying a subtle allure.

　He picked up the magic pen again and poured magic into it.

　Although we need to be more careful this time, the magic that Hanafuda can withstand has reached its limit.

　Looking at the apricot blossoms trembling wildly within the flower cards, Dark, after much deliberation, still channeled a wisp of magic into them!

　【Paradise-1】

　The moment the system notification flashed through his vision, he immediately stopped using magic.

　However, this apricot blossom card still encountered unexpected changes!

　The apricot blossoms on the card break down from the edges of the petals into extremely fine threads!

　However, these pink threads did not transform into vines and snakes to devour people, unlike the threads of the black rose.

　Like weaving clothes, they wrap around the flower cards in circles, neat and tidy.

　When the last gaps in the flower cards were covered by silk threads, they quickly dissolved, leaving only a faint pink hue on the cards.

　Dark looked at the flower card, which had turned completely pink, with a strange expression, and gestured for Devimon to pick it up and take a look.

　The arrogance in Little Devimon's eyes had just faded when it flew down from the bird perch and poked at the flower cards with its claws.

　With that poke, a wisp of misty energy crept up its claws.

　It lifted one foot off the ground, spun around once, and, as if drunk, its face flushed red before collapsing with a thud.

　……

Chapter 55 Guidelines for the Use of Sacrifice Summoning Spell

　Looking at the little Devimon, its face flushed and whimpering, Dark couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat from his brow.

　"so close!"

　"It's so great to have Devimon around!"

　Dak quickly picked up his notebook to record the results.

　This flower card has clearly undergone a qualitative change, and based on the power bonus of the flower card itself, it should be more effective than "Pride 1".

　"Temporarily designated as 'Paradise 1'."

　"In terms of its presentation, it is at least the ultimate version of the 'Happy Card'; even a slight leak of its fragrance is enough to plunge Impmon into an unbearable state of ecstasy."

　"But why did the apricot blossom card succeed while the red plum blossom card failed, even with the same treatment?"

　Is it because of the different colors?

　"That's a bit too idealistic."

　Dak wrote in his notebook: Perhaps apricot blossoms are more in line with "paradise".

　To prove this conclusion, he needs to conduct more experiments.

　But before that, we need to thoroughly study "Paradise 1".

　Dark drew "Fantastic Beast: Eevee" from his card pack and summoned Eevee.

　"Bu-ee—"

　Eevee tilted its head and looked at him.

　Dark felt a pang of reluctance, but in the end he steeled himself and issued the order.

　Eevee, whose intelligence level had already reached 2.5, couldn't help but show a hint of resentment. But she still jumped onto the table and placed her paws on the pink flower card.

　A wisp of mist emanated from the flower cards, and Ibuki narrowed his eyes slightly, a blush rising on his cheeks, and his body swayed slightly.

　But she didn't faint from joy like Little Devilmon.

　Then, after clapping twice more, the fragrant atmosphere in the flower cards disappeared.

　Based on this, Dak concluded that it was likely just the leakage of energy during the refining process.

　So he first tried touching it with the magic pen, then touched it with his own hands, and finally took the flower card in his hand.

　About a few minutes later.

　The little Devimon slowly regained consciousness, but when it finally managed to lift its head, it saw that lowly Eevee lying softly in its owner's arms, licking its owner's fingers.

　Then, it saw the pink card in its owner's other hand, and immediately closed its eyes and lay there dead!

　"Magic Summoning!"

　Dark activated "Elysium 1" for the first time.

　In an instant.

　A faint light appeared on "Paradise 1", and pink petals suddenly swarmed out, but they were no longer in the shape of apricot blossoms, but rather a completely unfamiliar flower of paradise.

　These petals turned into a mist upon contact with the air and, guided by magic, pounced on the little imp that was pretending to be dead!

　"Wow!"

　With a scream, Devimon was enveloped in a pink mist!

　Then a little Devimon, panting softly, appeared on Dark's head...

　Then, experiments were conducted using Eevee, and the results were finally obtained.

　"Elysium 1" is much more effective than "Pride 1", but not as effective as "Pride 2".

　The duration is approximately 15 minutes, longer than "Pride 1" and with a shorter cooldown of only 30 minutes.